Joe Pitts: “A lot of people have been fooled by the talk about ``new Democrats'' and the ``third way'' and other such deceptions…”

“A lot of people have been fooled by the talk about ``new Democrats'' and the ``third way'' and other such deceptions that liberals must use to remain politically viable. But every once in a while a Democrat leader slips and reveals what their party actually stands for, the same thing they have always stood for since the 1960s. Listen again to this comment by the minority leader: ``You've got to have a combination of taking it out of the defense budget and raising revenue. We can argue about how to do that, closing loopholes or even raising taxes to do it.'' So there we have it. Cut defense and raise taxes. No wonder all those flag burners and left-wing activists from the 1960s found a home in the Democratic Party. It is a party whose leaders, after all these years it seems, do not support a strong military and simply cannot wait to get back in power so they can pass another tax hike. Old habits die hard.”